there is no question the economy wants a solution to the fiscal cliff issue. they want to get it behind us. as you know we have only got a week to go. jamie: it will be interesting to see percentage of returns for retailers. they could get hit mr. the hard. people say i take the cash instead. >> right. jamie: how important is consumer spending to the overall healthiness of the economy? >> sure, it's a big factor. i mean, look, there's two major sectors of the economy. with your money you can either consume it or that is important and or you can invest it, that is important to. when consumers hold back no question retail sector of the economy gets hit hard with a slowdown in business activity. by symptom estimates two third of our economy is retail sector where people spend money as consumers. jamie: so the numbers count. quick, steve, out of curiosity since you follow this stuff and you know money, did you buy less this year than you used to? >> you know, gee, i have to see my credit card bill before i answer that we did pretty well and i took in a pretty good